Hello…anybody still out there? I feel like I have been gone to somewhere unknown and was a freak wherever that was. Well, I am back to normal as can be.

Thuli for president

I have great admiration for Thuli Madonsela. She is a strong woman that took on one of the most challenging roles that would see her stand up to “our dear president”. She didn’t back down when she was threatened. She stood against the government for the people of South Africa. She is a hero.

If ever Thuli joins a political party as their leader – that party would have my vote because I know that party would take care of the people of South Africa.

That is my 2 cents on politics in this country.

So what is happening at home?

We have discovered that my husband is far better suited to being a stay-at-home-dad than me trying to be that. I think it is a role that suits him quite well. I would be the person to step in and take you shopping for everything you need and entertain you when you can talk in a real language – and make sure that you are educated.

I have reorganised my underwear drawer…by folding each panty neatly. I am that bored.

The cats…

They seem to survive the madness. My paranoid cat hasn’t freaked out – but it is early days. Genie is spending all his time following me around.

The issues…

Registering a kid at Home Affairs – ja boet… I think the Home Affairs department seriously needs to look at their processes. Finally when you get to the front of the queue suddenly you need x, y and z documents too. Get these then you need document s and t with copies of pages 1,4,6 of document y.

Seriously, if you put all the information on your website or answer your phones (and train all the call centre agents to give the correct and same information) it would be so much easier.

Then just to top it off (we live in Jozi but the delivery was in KZN) one of the call centre agents said “ja man it is cool – you can register at any Home Affairs office…” So apparently not. We had to leave Joburg and get back to KZN to register.

On top of all of that I have to get a form signed by the “delivering” ob/gyn and this guy refuses to because he doesn’t like the wording! So this guy thinks he knows better than the Department of Labour on the forms they require to get my maternity UIF benefits activated.

This btw is the same guy that said “it isn’t fair that Discovery has to pay for a surrogate delivery”. Oh and he arrived 10 minutes after the delivery of the kid. Just saying this guy has poked where there will be a reaction.

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Susann is a travel, parenting, beauty and lifestyle blogger in Johannesburg, South Africa.

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